My “on-this-day” blog sidebar indicates that I was looking at Roger, G3XBM’s XBM80-2 transciever: a fiendishly clever low parts count CW transciever for 80m. I’ve been pondering it a bit as something I should just tack together (I think I have all the parts in my junk box) so I’ve been staring at the design a bit, and it surprised me not at all to find that Alan, VK2ZAY had already built one with some modifications.

Alan Yates’ Laboratory – G3XBM’s XBM80-2 Trivial 80 Metre CW Transceiver

I think I’ll spend some time today finding the parts in my junk bins, and maybe I’ll tack one of these together this week if I have time.